Tune: The Hopeful Lover

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(traditional)

Recommended for (16):

Alexander Hamilton's Reel (Reel-40, Ralph Stoddard)
Duncan Smith's Reel (Reel-32, Tony Moretti)
The Echo In The Hills (Reel-40, Iain Boyd)
Firth of Forth (Reel-128, Iris Clingan)
The Gallant Cameron (Reel-16, Iain Stuart Robertson)
The Hopeful Lover (Strathspey-32, Bob Beattie)
The Hopeful Lovers (Reel-40, Iain Boyd)
Jessie's Fancy (Reel-40, J Trevor Stephenson)
Joy's Kitchen (Reel-40, John Perry)
Kate Kennedy's Reel (Reel-40, Lewis N Derrick)
Pride of Scotland (Reel-40, John S Trew)
Saint Valentine's Day (Reel-32, John W Mitchell)
Scotch Hop (Reel-32, Lily Davison)
Tae The Lassies (Reel-32, Roy Clowes)
Tinto Hill (Reel-40, John S Trew)
The Waterfield Weavers (Reel-40, Priscilla Fleming)

Recordings (21): Show tune in context

Mairi's Wedding (Ed Brydie and his Band) tune 1
O my America (Bobby Brown and The Scottish Accent) tune 1
Reel Medley (Bobby MacLeod and his Band) tune 1
Scotch Hop (Andrew Rankine and his Band) tune 1
Duke of Perth (Bert Shorthouse & the Glenlomond Band) tune 2
Ellwyn's Fairy Glen (Jimmy Blair and his Scottish Dance Band) tune 2
Encore to the Irish Rover (Caber Feidh) tune 2
Gay Gordons (Colin Campbell and his Highland Band) tune 2
Mairi's Wedding (Blue Bonnets) tune 2
Shiftin' Bobbins (Drummond Cook and his Scottish Dance Band) tune 2
Bratach Bana (Iain MacPhail and his Scottish Dance Band) tune 3
Keltic Cracker (George Smith and the Hebrideans) tune 3
Mairi's Wedding (The Carfuffle Ceilidh Band) tune 3
Queen's Bridge (Jimmy Shand and his Band) tune 3
Bratach Bana (Callum Wilson and his Scottish Dance Band) tune 4
Mairi's Wedding (John MacGregor Scottish Dance Band) tune 4
Mairi's Wedding (Bobby Crowe and his Scottish Dance Band) tune 4
Mike Hardie's Reel (Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band) tune 4
Maxwell's Rant (Fred Moyes) tune 5
Mairi's Wedding (The Colin Dewar Quartet) tune 6
Mairi's Wedding (The Colin Dewar Quartet) tune 6

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